Rail brace



Jam. 9, 1923..

C. F. THOMPSON.

RAIL BRACE. map N0v,26,1921.

C. F. Tho/77,0500.

INNENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

ll atented ti af are r n, $13 a m h l t, p

RAIL BEACH Application filed November 26, 1921. Serial No. 517,98t.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES lfiiuiniinrn 'lli-ioiurson, a citizen or theUnited States, residing at Greensboro, in the county of Gruilt'ord andState or North Carolina, have invented. new and useful improvements inRail Braces, of which the following is a vSpecification.

lhis invention relates to rail braces for railroad rail. and has for itsobject to pro vide a novel form of brace adjustably positioned betweenthe rail tread and the tie plate, being" arranged at an inclinetherebetween. A further object is the provision of novel means forbracing the rail and preventing it from giving outwardly when a heavytrain passes around a curve.

l l ith the above and other objects and advantages in. view, theinvention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter morefully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a rail with the improvedbrace applied.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view through my improved rail and showingthe bracingmeans.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the base plate.

Referring more particularly to the drawingrs the letter A. desigl'iatesan ordinary railroad rail secured. upon the usual crossties V.

The rail might be spiked upon the crossties in the ordinary i'nz'u'inerbut 1 preferably make use of an elongated steel. plate 16 which is ofconsiderably greater width than the base portion and which is providedwith holes 17 through which are inserted spikes (l by means oil? whichthe plate is serum-id to the cross-ties. :lt is to be no serverl thatthe holes 1'? are in. such posi tion that when the spikes are driventhere through in the ties the spikes will operate to eugz'rgc and holdthe base 10 of the 1i1n-- proved rail.

It is very desirable to provide bracing means for the outer side of therails at curves and in order to accomplish this I provide the plates 16with sockets 18 enpaged by the ends oi. rods 19 which carry ltrames 20,into which are screwed brace members 21 which engage against the loweredges of the ball portions of the rails at the outer portions thereof asclearly shown.

vent any giving away of the rails in the event of heavy strain.

It is believed that the above description when taken in connection withthe QOCOHF pai'iyinpg drawings will render the construction and usesull'iciently clear sothat further explanation is entirely unnecessary.

While I have shown and (lGSCI'll'lOCl the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form,

construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spiritof the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention 1' claim:

In a device of the character described, a rail, a tie plate supportingthe rail and presentinea socket laterally of the rail, a brace rodhaving: one end loosely engaged in the said socket and presenting aframe at its other end having a threaded bore. and a brace memberhavingone end screwed into the said threaded bore and having" the otherend adapted to engage the trend of the rail,

said brace rod and member extendinn at an. incline between the said railtread and t e tie plate.

In testinuimy whereof l. l'iilX my signature.

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